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Tedra Osell @tedos.bsky.social · 7d

Multiple choice

DHS thinks:

- Puerto Ricans aren’t American
- undocumented folks can afford SB tickets
- undocumented stadium workers (??) only work on the biggest day of the year
- this will get them on TV when TFG is watching

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

A DHS adviser fumed over Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show — vowing that ICE agents will attend the NFL game

Corey Lewandowski Drops Menacing ICE Threat Over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show

The Department of Homeland Security adviser also joined in with MAGA outrage over the Puerto Rican superstar’s halftime gig.

www.huffpost.com

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 9d

#TrumpTrainWreck
A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection. But the scientist who unlocked its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for 2 months.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

www.nbcnews.com

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Angela @heyaries325.bsky.social · 8d

If there’s one thing this administration is good at, it’s learning all the wrong lessons from history.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Stay on topic - what are the signs you see of Biden/Harris being a cult? Your signs claim does not hold water.
Behold - another example of the Trump cult.

Trump supporters wearing maxi pads on their ears while attending the RNC in 2024.

aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

No, you did not back it up - and now you’re deflecting again. What a pity.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Ah, personal attacks rather than backing up your claim of “both sides”?
You have yet to cite supporting evidence of both sides.
I agree w you - rather ridiculous that people have been flying flags and sporting shirts/hats/stickers that support Trump, for years, including 4 while he wasn’t in office

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

You stated that Harris/Walz supporters also had flags. I pointed out the HW signage was mostly taken down post-election, & refuted that maga continued to bedeck themselves & property with signs & stickers for years throughout the Biden admin.
You have yet to offer any signs of “both sides cult”

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

What a foolish question, Malena.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Because they don’t both have a cult-like base.
You haven’t listed the signs that indicate the other side is a cult.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Someone in a friend’s HOA sued the HOA when requested to take down political flags/signs within 30 days of the 2019 election. They installed a taller flagpole & put up a larger flag. The HOA had to increase dues to cover legal expenses.
I live in a blue area and didn’t see a single Harris flag.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Yes - _during_ the run-up to election. The Harris signs came down after Election Day. Trump flags stayed up after the election in 2019 & through Biden’s admin. Supporters continued to wear Trump merch.
So, about those signs that the other side is also a cult?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9d

A reminder that a shutdown that everyone demanded is about to start at midnight and right wingers have decided to message to win it, whereas the left has decided to continue talking about Chuck SChumer rather than right wingers.

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 10d

Schumer and Jeffries need to resign from leadership immediately

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Well..we don’t see Biden or Harris flags. People decked out their cars and homes with Trump flags and flew them throughout the Biden admin. I can list more indicators. What specific signs make you say the other side is also a cult?

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, I meant to post that downthread. Even our media has bought into it - we have to source news from foreign outlets now. The pundits who were clutching their pearls about Biden’s speech impediment ignore T’s nonsensical ramblings. UN speech, his live speech today, etc

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

theloop.ecpr.eu/explaining-t...

Explaining the Trump loyalty cult phenomenon

Despite Donald Trump's erratic behaviour, his fan base has formed a loyalty ‘cult’ around him. Yet Elizaveta Gaufman and Adrian Favero explain how it is precisely his transgressive behaviour that is f...

theloop.ecpr.eu

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

I cited just one incident that was joked about - Paul Pelosi’s beating. Shall I list more occurrences of “the bad” carried out by the cult?
Stay on topic - the OP is about a court decision finding that Dep of State violated the first amendment.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

The documents are linked here. Look for the “details” sentence

knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Arresting, Attempting to Deport Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

knightcolumbia.org

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, a lot of people celebrated Paul Pelosi’s maiming during a home invasion & shared countless memes about it. Neither Kirk nor Pelosi are relevant to the original post here.

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 9d

The officials who held him back last time are gone. His cabinet of advisors are all podcasters or political commentators. He’s smashed the guardrails and instilled flunkies. We’re screwed here in the US www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump fires top US general in unprecedented Pentagon shakeup

C.Q. Brown was on official travel when Trump made the announcement.

www.reuters.com

aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · 28d

Check out the curious duke by Anna Shaw if you have KU ;)

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Aug 29

Doing illegal unconstitutional tariffs is the embarrassment

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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · Aug 28

👇🏽👇🏽Sadly, the damage to Everglades will be FOREVER all due to a political stunt. Vital wetlands, home to dozens of endangered species already hanging by a thread,decimated. Habitat destruction, light pollution,ecosystem damage. No enviro review. Deregulation baby!!
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Ron DeSantis wasted $250 million on Alligator Alcatraz as it faces closure

A federal judge has ruled that the new Florida detention center must close within 60 days.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · Aug 27

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 Today's thread contains material that you will find disturbing, and rightfully so. Lynching Black people was horrific in and of itself, but what happened during & afterwards was gruesome.

Pull up a seat.🪑

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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aidualc.bsky.social @aidualc.bsky.social · Aug 27

I see a resemblance. Perhaps they’re sisters

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really think one of the most dangerous sentences I’ve ever heard in my life is “this would never happen here.”

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